BY DAN HILDEBRAN
A tie vote for vice-chair resulted in the incumbent retaining his office on the Keystone Heights Airport Authority, and the chair was re-elected in what he said would be his final year leading the airport board.
During the airport governing board’s May 7 meeting, Bobby Ludwig nominated Rex Siemer for vice-chair, an office currently held by Scott Fryar. The incumbent nominated David Dagenais as his replacement. But a three-to-three tie vote resulted in the job falling back into Fryar’s lap.
Board Chair David Kirkland explained that according to the airport’s bylaws, a tie vote for an officer’s position results in the office reverting to the incumbent: Fryar.
Kirkland won re-appointment to the chair because he was the only nominee; Kirkland informed his colleagues that he is willing to serve this year as chair but will not the following year, his last year on the board.
